"Hope for the Northern White Rhino: World's First IVF Pregnancy Offers Extinction Lifeline"
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Scientists have successfully performed the first embryo transfer in white rhinos, raising hopes for the critically endangered northern white rhino species. The embryos were transferred into southern white rhino surrogates, resulting in a successful pregnancy, although the father and pregnant mother later died from a bacterial infection. The next step is to implant the first northern white rhino embryo into a southern white rhino surrogate in Kenya, with the goal of saving the species from extinction. If successful, this breakthrough could also benefit the conservation of other endangered rhino species.
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- Scientific breakthrough may save northern white rhino through surrogacy The Washington Post
- World's first IVF rhino pregnancy 'could save species' BBC.com
- World's first successful embryo transfer could save northern white rhino from extinction The Telegraph
- World's first rhino IVF pregnancy could save species that has only 2 living animals remaining CBS News
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